Sewer basin and trap.



Patented Apr.- I902. c. F. UNEIL.

SEWER BASIN AND TIME (Application flied Sept. 20 1901.]

(No Model.)

WITNESSES INYENTOR ATTORNEYS;

l ament CORNELIUS F. ONEIL, OF PATERSON, NEIV JERSEY.

SEWER BASIN AND TRAP.

SPIEGIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 696375, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed September 20, 1901. Serial No. 75,701. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS F. ONEIL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewer Basins and Traps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sectional catchbasins; and it consists in the improved catchbasin constructed substantially as will be hereinafter fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein corresponding characters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of my improved catch-basin. Fig. 2 is a viewin front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front view of a portion of the lower section of the catch-basin with the trap removed. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the trap proper. Fig. 6 illustrates in vertical sectional view a modification of my improved catchbasin; and Fig. 7 is a view of the trap of the catch-basin illustrated in Fig. 6 as seen from the interior of said catch-basin.

Referring first to the first five figures of the drawings, a Z) c designate the sections of the catch-basin, these being preferably metallic,of rectangular, eylindrical,or other suitable shape,and beingsuperposed,resting edge upon edge. In order to securely lock these sections together, the sections a and b are provided with upwardly-extending flanges d, which are offset, so as to receive the next upper section. Through lugs d on these flanges and the sections they receive extend securing-bolts e. The bottom section a of course has a bottom wally, and the top section is provided with a removable cover g, resting on an internal flange h of said section.

The top section 0 is provided in the side wall nearest the street with an opening '1 constituting the entrance to the catchebasin. Across this opening extends a plate j or sill having its upper edge formed with an inweirdly-projecting flange 7t, which extends into the opening. The plate is adapted to be secured in place to the section 0 by bolts Z, which are secured to the casing and penetrate slots in in the plate. By virtue of this slotand-bolt connection between the sill and the section the former maybe adjusted to a nicety relatively to and fiush with the paving n of the street.

One wall of the lower section a is provided with an opening 0, forming the discharge-outlet from the catch-basin. p designates the body of the trap, the same having lateral lugs q, whereby through the medium of bolts 1' it is secured with its end abutting against the outer face of the wall of the catch-basin and opposite the opening 0 in said wall.

s designates a ring-like frame which projects through the opening 0 and is provided with an external flange 15, secured against the inner face of the above-mentioned wall by nuts to, which are screwed onto threaded pins n, which project from said wall and penetrate the flange. In lugs w of the flange is hinged a valve w. The seating-face of the ring for this valve is arranged at an incline, so that gravity will tend to keep the valve closed. In order to accommodate the lugs to, the opening 0 is provided with an extension y.

In the modified form of myinvention shown in Fig. 6 the catch-basin is built of masonry. The trap is substantially like that above described, except that a plate 2 subserves the function of the side wall of the lower section a as a support for the trap. Tangs 1 or other suitable devices may secure the plate against the masonry. The catch-basin is in this instance, as shown, constructed to afford a water seal for preventing foul odors from the sewer escaping by way of the entrance to the catch-basin, as also to preventsticks and similar rubbish from working its way into the sewer. To this end in lugs 2 of the plate a is pivotally suspended a guard or fender 3, open at the bottom and covering the opening 0 in the plate. Should sand, mud, or other similar refuse accumulate in the lower part of the catch-basin to such an extent that the open lower end of the guard is shut off thereby, an overflow-opening at is provided in the upper portion of the guard, being controlled by a valve 5, which may be opened by a chain 6 from above, so as to permit a drain to an extent suflicient to permit a workman to get down into the sewer without being submerged. The pivoting of the guard is of course of great convenience where it is necessary to get at the trap for any purpose, as for cleaning and repairs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a suitable plate-like supporthaving an opening therein, a trap disposed with one of its ends against the face of said support and surrounding the opening, a flanged ring-like frame or valve-seat having its flange disposed against the other face of said support-,said trap and said frame or valveseat being secured to the support each independently of the other, and a valve mounted in said valve-seat, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a suitable plate-like support having an opening therein, a trap disposed with one of its ends against the face of said support and surrounding the opening, a flanged ring-like frame or valve-seat penetrating said opening and having its flange disposed against the other face of said support, said trap and said frame or valve-seat being secured to the support each independently of the other, and a Valve mounted in the end portion of said valve-seat which is inclosed by the trap, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a suitable plate-like support having an opening therein formed with an extension, a trap disposed with one of its ends against the face of said support and around said opening, a flanged ring-like frame or valve-seat penetrating said opening and having its flange disposed against the other face of said support, said trap and said frame or valve'seat being secured to the support each independently of the other, lugs projecting from said valve-seat through the extension of said opening, and a valve adapted to seat against said valve-seat and pivoted in said lugs, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a suitable plate-like support having an opening therein, a trap disposed with one of its ends against one face of said support and surrounding the opening, a

flanged ring-like frame or valve-seat having its flange disposed against the other face of said support, said trap and said frame or valve-seat being secured to the support each independently of the other, a valve mounted in said valve-seat, and a guard or fender pivoted in said support above the ring and covering the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of September, 1901.

CORNELIUS F. ONEIL. Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER,

J OHN W. STEWARD. 

